What I would say is if you look at leading Conservative figures you will see that practically all of them support Free Speech and none have called for flagging campaigns whereas many figures on the left like Carlos Maza, for instance, have called for flagging campaigns against...
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Replying to @ElectricLizardz @SortofSalient and
'Free Speech' is just a dog whistle for 'Conservatives can say whatever they want and not face even so much as criticism for it'. Why do you think they never speak up about it when leftists are silenced or censored? Maza never called for a flagging campaign.
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Replying to @GearyDigit @ElectricLizardz and
Also I’ve always spoken up for the speech I disagree with. I want a debate on ideas. I can’t think of any recent mass campaign to silence the left. Maybe the NFL/flag but wasn’t really left/right
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Replying to @levi_gay @GearyDigit and
Are you high? The NFL flag thing was absolutely politically divided. Conservatives in droves wanted athletes who knelt fired for doing so. I saw shitloads of conservatives demand he be fired. You're being really dishonest to push this "the left is censor happy" narrative.
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Replying to @SortofSalient @GearyDigit and
The left is far more censor happy than the right currently. It was the other way around about a decade ago. Google free speech on campus and tell me the right is the censorious side? The coverage of nfl/flag was politically divided, not the nfl’s support.
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Replying to @levi_gay @GearyDigit and
Who cares about the NFL's support? That's not the point. The point, was that conservatives supported punishing the athletes for expressing an opinion they didn't like. Conservatives only give a shit about free speech when it suits them. You're just reaffirming that fact.
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Replying to @SortofSalient @levi_gay and
No, they did not, Most Conservatives support Free Speech for everyone even those they disagree while the Left wants every opinion they disagree with to be banned, This is exactly why you will see that most Conservatives will oppose the Censorship that took place here.
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Replying to @ElectricLizardz @levi_gay and
Except for the president of the United States. Elected and supported by most conservatives. He wanted athletes who knelt punished for "disrespecting the flag". But we just ignore that right?
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Replying to @SortofSalient @levi_gay and
Trump is an exception, I can guarantee that if you go to most Conservatives they will say that he should not be fired for it. I support Trump and I would strongly oppose anyone being banned from expressing their opinion and until Trump actually takes action stopping people...
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Replying to @ElectricLizardz @levi_gay and
Conservative support for Trump IS VERY HIGH. Yet they know full well his views on this. If what you say is true then they don't care about this. Thus proving my statement conservatives don't really care about free speech. Only when it suits them.
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It’s more populist support than conservative. Do you recall a Never Obama movement on the left? Granted a bunch of Never Trumpers are fake too, but conservatives only mildly support him.
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